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Bartosz Uchmanowicz,1 Anna Chudiak,1 Izabella Uchmanowicz,1 Joanna Rosińczuk,2 Erika Sivarajan Froelicher3,4 1Division of Nursing in Internal Medicine Procedures, Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; 2Department of Nervous System Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; 3Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Purpose: Hypertension (HT) is considered to be the most common disorder in the general population. Demographic data indicate that older adults commonly suffer from HT. Older age is one of the key factors affecting the adherence of patients with HT. The main purpose was to identify demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical factors that affect adherence in older adults with HT. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included 150 patients (84 women and 66 men) with mean age of 72.1 years. The Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale (Hill-Bone CHBPTS) was used to evaluate the adherence to therapeutic recommendations for HT. Results: The mean score obtained by the patients in the Hill-Bone CHBPTS was 20.19 (SD±4.05). The linear regression model showed the independent predictors of the total score (P |
